The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-18
HUMAN LONGEVITY.
A MEASURE OF THE TRUE CTTILLzA-
TON or A RACE
sorao Of the Men OF Ancient s,d Mederu
Times who have Lived to be Old-Attiis
the Hun, = Husband at 1eA-Histery
OF tho Old Countess or Desnsend.

Times who have Lived to be Old-Attiis.
the Hun, y Husband at 1eA-Histery
OF the OLD Countess or Desnsend.
Prom III Journal ar Kdn
In not longevity In some sense o measure
~ is certainly an evidence OF conformity to the
divine laws OF life and health. which reward
c cannot. thorefore tGin s" the a study
Is vital question, fol, death is regarded as the
OF angry enemies or Of outraged laws.
It T. our duty as well as privilege to perfect
out too soon, that we are not aturely called
away, from our duties. And I bring It as .seri-
GUS charge AGAINST modern systems OF edgca-
That we should not submit to this. but should
Ss serS Sr na
has rsadSrf be with like
republis6sd in TIA. fnd the following state
ments: 1T is very remarkable that not only
dean, Egyptian. and Chinese authors. speak OF
the great ages Of such as lived in early times,
Pliny. and other judicious persons receive
their testimony WITHOUT outs, scrpple But, to GONE
second nuptials. with one d. tho most beautiful
land, who, from the. rank Of q peasant was
raised to that OF prince. In the year 1874. lived
ability to the very last that his name Is still In
Marcus 'valerias corvinus. . Roman Consul,
Excellent person in private lie By the eder
Cato, and yet Corvinus was then upward Of
lived to be H. but Aseepades, Persan
physician; reached 49, Galsn lived In In 9ndIs,
pher, lived to 104 and Euphranor taught his
scholars at upward Of 100; and yet what are
lived C, Upward q i5a: mention, q, these 1, BE-
Pliny gives an account that. IN the city 81
visitation, and in many cities Of italy people
aa asn saGg Vas GO
Hai aa n she s are Ct
al "a 'if5 G and lis w !sis
meet s WITH peone above S aaa
yhT T S1s na4bss h there asa e s email sa
space Of thirty-seven years asp men, between
loo and 40 years Of age. which L the more or
ats 9aeen g H' The eost and
best speaaker among the DEPUTIES from 1 ths
OrQer OF peasants was CONSIDERABLY aDOye 1UU.
These accounts, however, are far short OF what
AmsTles that Sonns myself f. s 3, 1bs as
instances the Doctor sustains by reference to
TO the foregoing he adds the examples 6. o.
to nh be ssa
sons er lived to Be- u.s. nc His scholar Isocrates In
the cath year Of his age published book, and nd
Which time he betrayed not the least failure,
either In memory or In Judgment: he died with
students till he arrived at the age Of 1875. and
ths Sere ye s e m
paerus tells ,Se thss his
e 50 he b. ais in shs .o Sa
health and snlrlts at s6s Wedding; ard Mysd
usually dlstingpished BY the name q Huppa-
zoli. was Consul for tho State Of Venice IN the
IL p eS
a n se sh o hs ad sen
Of them young, beautiful women, BY whom he
had sons and da1Ghtsrs whom
ness ne 'Du and was as constantly With, them
as much as his business would per-
met ae sstSfy wer s II.
which was long and graceful, became white by
black at loo, as did his eye roWs and beard at
1l2. At ITO he lost all his teeth. but the year
SsEfe BIS 81 ee sss fss
Of broth after which he ate some little thing
s es
out any addition OF wine or other strong liquor
to the very last, He was a man Of strict honor;
sprightly temper as we are told BY many trav-
oilers. who were OIL struck With tie good sense
OF lived
the famous Countess Of Desmond. From deeds.
settlements. and other ,indisputable testi-
the great Lord Bacon. who knew 6er person:
y she saee her ABOUT
and ssey % Its ssdF has
monotonous again refer to this subject and
Be denied, in addition to the list previously
given, Medical collegiate skepticIsm can deny
ifes as they also denied the exstenee Of hydro
phobie, while those who admitted Its existence
eentenarians Three years aco Mr. Frederick
Nash Of Westport. Conn. published pamphlet
RlSluk LILO OIu peOpie LNlllB III SouucClicub, III
Guiding twenty-three centenarians, whom he
described. The names OF twelve OF these were
Edmund r. Kidder Of Berlin, Aug, u, LISA LISA. p
Mrs. Lucy Luther Halyme. Jan. 9. 1854.
Walter Pease, Enfield March 20, 1874,
Mrs Eunice Hoiiister. Glastonbury, Aug. 0.
1884.
Mrs. Elsie. Chittenden, Guiliord. April24. 1874.
Miss Eunice saxton, Colchester, Sept 6. 1884.
Marvin Smith Montyille. Nov, 10, 1874.
Mrs. Phebe Briggs. Sherman. Nov, 16. 1884.
Mrs Elizabeth Buck. Wethersfield. Jan. 10.
1884.
Mrs. Clarissa D. Raymond, Milton. April 20,
1882.
The others are either of foreign birth or
former slaves, whose precise ages cannot be
established.
In addition to this list the newspapers gave
us Mrs, Abigail Ford OF Washington. born In
1850; Mr. Darby Green OF Reading born In
1T79; Tryphena Jackson colored born In 1872,
and VIM. HAMILTON Irish, also in 1852; and an
old sailor in New Haven town house claims to
have been born In ITS.
Tho very careful investigation OF Connecti-
cut by Mr.. Nash shows that the duration OF
human life In this State is greater than 1t was
han nnl v IN mar In